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Travel Blogs from Guanajuato

... it, the other tour members laughed. I got the gist of the tour though and we were able to go down into the earth quite a ways, the stairs were a little slippery but we wore helmets (mine was way too big) and we survived. It was actually a lot of fun and it was nice and cool in the mines, as it had been hot that morning. The tour cost about $4.

I took a 25 minute cab ride to the Hacienda de San Gabriel de Barrera. The cab driver told me he'd be back in 2 ...

... she wanted some sangria, but she didn't have any wine. And she needed ice. So, after much coaxing, I gave in and we went. Except, we learned, Oxxo (the convenient store on every corner of the city) doesn't sell alcohol after 2 (I think it was) on Sundays. And, after walking from place to place, we could say with all certainty that nothing else was open. I was not a happy camper. I just wanted to be on her rooftop, which is where we finally ...

... arranged a younger Couchsurfing host called Juan, who was a really awesome guy, and had a fantastic moustache!

Met up with him round the main church, which was pretty impressive and had a bit of a Sagrada Familia feel to it, then went for some decent food and beers. Visited quite a few of the local hangouts, finishing in a really old and authentic Cantina, which had a pretty erm… open toilet area, and some erm… interesting graffiti on the walls (see ...

... it with a bronze Allende on a horse statue... vendors and merchants abound in this area.

A few more facts.. Mesones was the street with all the inns for the silver trade. Thus, many of the entrances have huge carriage doors (in which the horse and buggy with all the silver could be brought in and locked up for the night). The Biblioteca (library) was once a house for single woman run by the Church. After the Revolution, it was a slaughter house and now is ...

EXCITING DAY! Katie and Caroline got an invitation to go to circus class at Gravityworks. (The same circus class I attended, but for ages 6-12 years.) They both have wanted to go for awhile. A group of kiddos from Academia attend regularly and it is a "cool" activity here in San Miguel! My friend, Moni, took them (after their tennis) with her daughter; they were ...